GravityMan Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 Great post, Eternal Sunshine. Some people misunderstand what "be yourself" actually means. 1
OnThePursuit Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 Those who already get plenty of sex obviously can afford to be themselves. Those who struggle - clearly not so much. How is it working for them now after all?
dichotomy Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it. You can always be a better you, allways room for improvement. Just keep other people out of the reasoning - and focus the goals that are right, just, and healthy.... for you and those you love.
hotpotato Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 This applies mostly to men though. Women simply have to exist to successfully date. Correction. Women simply have to exist to get SEX. Be yourself doesn't work for those with Nice Girl/Guy Syndrome.
ThaWholigan Posted August 30, 2013 Posted August 30, 2013 Great post, Eternal Sunshine. Some people misunderstand what "be yourself" actually means. I cannot like this enough.
Pompeii Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 I've often found the phrase "be yourself" to be a bit contradictory, as everyone already is themselves. But in the more popular conception of the word, I don't like myself. I am foolish, distracted, and lacking focus. Ever since I discovered mastery, my world changed. I no longer spend my time on trying to figure out the code for attraction. I now find it spent on profit maximization and expansion of my business. Me at my best will never be good enough for girls. I know that already. It is never enough. No matter how aesthetic I become, no matter how far I advance in my field, no matter what I do, it will never be enough. It gets to a point to where you start to do things for yourself rather than for other people, but so far that point has not come as of yet. Even when it does come, I know I will never be satisfied with myself because I have not reached the peak. No matter how many exclusive vacations I will take in Switzerland, no matter how many Ferraris I will buy, no matter how many yacht parties I attend, it will never be enough. I already know what will happen for me down the line. I already know my fate. That is why mastery for me is so important. It's all I have left. Mastery to me is everything. I've sacrificed it all and I will continue to sacrifice more. I've lost so called friends, I've been called a workaholic, and other things which I can't mention. Still, I can't stop. Or else, that's it. That's it for me. I have nothing left. I have no friends to turn to, no family to turn to, no one. And at the end of the day, it still remains. I'd rather die a lonely old man that's richer than god than die "being myself" and not achieving mastery.
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